UKIP’s Bongo Bongo Moment

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In the dark imagination of the UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom British taxpayers’ money is being used to buy fast cars and super-sized weapons for autocratic African leaders in what he called “bongo bongo land”. If this money was returned to Britain, we’d apparently be able to pay down our debts and ensure pensioners enjoyed much better healthcare and benefits.

The real world is very different from his parallel universe. There are still too many examples of corruption in African states but, as Justin Forsyth sets out on today’s Opinion pages, those stories are not typical because the fight against global